At IDEX 2015, the UAE company Siham Al Khaleej Technology (SAKT), together
with the European MBDA and the Italian GEM Elettronica is presenting
an innovative and cost-effective coastal battery system. This cooperation
is part of an Head of Agreement signed during 2013 Dubai Air Show that
sees SAKT as the prime contractor and system integrator, MBDA as the
supplier of the launchers and the launching systems for the Marte family
missile, and GEM as the coastal battery remote station system supplier.

The coastal
defence system can provide both maritime coastal traffic surveillance
and interdiction of territorial waters to hostile ships and can launch
two different missile options: the Marte MK2/N, for those users willing
to control littoral waters up to 35 Km ranges and the Marte ER for those
operators requiring to extend the control in depth. The system can be
connected through Data Link with an Upper Echelon of Command and Control;
it can be rapidly deployed anywhere along the coast and easily redeployed
in small islands.

The Coastal Battery Remote station (CBRS 100-MD) is a small size shelter-contained
system, capable of operating in all weather conditions, day and night.
As an option GEM is offering a TV/IIR capability to extend the overall
identification performance.

The
proposed system will be on display on SAKT stand, representing the baseline
configuration of a Coastal Defence System that satisfies the key requirements
of Surveillance, Control and Protection of sea lines of communications
and protection of coastal assets.

The baseline is a very simple configuration with a minimum number of components
(a very performing Surface Coastal radar, a shelter with Command &
Control functions and devices, a Marte missile launcher) and reduced permanent
crew requirement. The missile ammunitions of the Marte family will be
supplied directly by MBDA.

Our
interview on the MBDA Coastal Defence System last year at DIMDEX 2014